Any way to get an Aspire AO1-131 to automatically power up after power failure?

DaveTwoWheels

Hi:

I've repurposed my Aspire 1 into a home automation device running Home Assistant / HAOS.

Seems to work fine, BUT the bios does not have a setting to power-up automatically after a power failure. Is there any way to achieve this functionality?

I was hoping for a bios hidden feature or menu, but I'm also open to hardware solutions if anyone can think of one.

GAMING6698

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/710036/any-way-to-get-an-aspire-ao1-131-to-automatically-power-up-after-power-failure

To enable automatic power-on after a power failure for your Aspire 1, you can try -

Hardware Solutions: Use a smart power strip or uninterruptible power supply (UPS) that can automatically power on connected devices when power is restored. These devices can be configured to turn on automatically after a power failure.

billsey

Yeah, that won't work either, most consumer level systems don't have that support in the BIOS, they reserve it for the workstations and servers for some reason. You would think it'd be an easy thing to implement, but perhaps they figure it's a justification for the higher prices on the systems that do support it.